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HANSARD People with Learning Disabilities: EmploymentI am listening with great interest to my hon. Friend’s speech. He is right to talk about the barriers, which include interview processes and retaining people with disabilities.…04 Dec 2023HANSARD People with Learning Disabilities: EmploymentI am grateful to the Minister and the departmental officials who are here for their close work on the independent review. I am glad that he has made the point that, although we…04 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe increasing proliferation of AI-generated disinformation and deepfakes poses a clear and present danger not only to our democratic process, but to the administration of justice…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNorthern IrelandMy right hon. Friend has mentioned additional UK Government funding, and an important element of that is levelling-up bids. We on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee note with…29 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillIn that spirit, on the basis that this is Second Reading and there are opportunities for this otherwise good Bill to be improved, will my right hon. Friend take on board the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?28 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Services: Budgetary ConstraintsMy right hon. Friend has mentioned additional UK Government funding, and an important element of that is levelling-up bids. We on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee note with…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaMy hon. Friend is right to issue an alert about the danger that those important populations face from pervasive infections such as avian flu and how quickly we can go from a…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaI give way to my hon. Friend and neighbour.22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaI am afraid that that is not the information that I have received. Even if my hon. Friend is right, there is nothing to be lost from confirming the reality that he asserts that…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaI am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Minister for her comprehensive answer, and to all spokespeople from all parties. I will make a few points before we end. With regard to…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of strengthening the Marine Protected Area around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is a pleasure to serve…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaWill my hon. Friend give way?22 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillOn the point about public service broadcasting, does my right hon. and learned Friend recognise the growing importance of local television and how the Bill could be improved by…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Autism and Learning Disability TrainingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this debate to Westminster Hall and bringing together these petitions. Does she agree that we already have a precedent in the Health…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillSwindon 105.5—I recommend you all listen to it, and BBC Wiltshire, of course. It is important that we recognise local television as a public service broadcaster, and an amendment…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat is what we need to bottom out. The primary worry that a lot of us have about the JR principle is that it means that any challenge will probably be vanishingly small, which is…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWhat my hon. Friend outlines is precisely what we are seeking. In making these arguments, we are not in some way the friends of big tech; we are not here to represent a particular…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillPerhaps the Minister will forgive me for juxtaposing his reluctance to make things clear in primary legislation when discussing this clause and what the Government seek to do in…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe point about proportionality extends into clause 29, where the Government have now removed the indispensability test, leaving bare proportionality. My amendment asks for a…20 Nov 2023